A psycho-educator, Sufyan Abdullahi, has taken to her Twitter page to claim that she and some other Abuja residents are currently held captive by gunmen, POLITICS NIGERIA reports.
According to Sufyan, the armed kidnappers disguised as ‘police officers’ came in a van and abducted residents “from different parts of Abuja”, adding that she is covertly tweeting.
According to her, Children and women are among the abductees.
“Please whoever has my WhatsApp number I sent a broadcast message of my location. We were abducted at gun point by ppl [sic] with police uniforms and a van from our houses from different parts of Abuja. We’re 17 including 3 pregnant women and two little kids, they didn’t see my phone,” she tweeted.
“They’re 4 Yoruba and two Fulani men. They divided us up an hour ago we’re 7 here. The other vehicle they said they will reach Ilorin and ours will reach Ibadan or Ikeja as they said,” she added in her last tweet at 3:36 PM.
Kidnapping for ransom has been rife in several Nigerian states, with many being killed at times.
Despite the assurance of the Federal Government as well as various state governments, the criminals have continued to have a field day.
Multiple calls put through to the spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, did not go through.
